"Ambush" Questions

In paragraph 6, the word fierce means-

• determined

• wild

• bold

• aggressive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which quotation from the selection best emphasizes the narrator’s regret about his actions?

• “The words seemed far too complicated. All I could do was gape at the fact of the young man’s body.”

• “He told me that it was a good kill, that I was a soldier and this was a war, that I should shape up and stop staring and ask myself what the dead man would’ve done if things were reversed. “

• “Sometimes I forgive myself, other times I don’t. In the ordinary hours of life I try not to dwell on it, but now and then, when I’m reading a newspaper or just sitting alone in a room.”

• It was not a matter of live or die. There was no real peril. Almost certainly the young man would have passed by. And it will always be that way.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The author uses imagery to describe the narrator’s setting in paragraph 5 and 6 to emphasize —

• The justification of him having to kill someone during his years of service.

• The intensity of the environment and how it played a role in his actions.

• The reason why the narrator regrets his decision to join the army.

• The feelings he has about killing the boy in the village.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the excerpt from paragraph 11

Why does the narrator provide vivid descriptions about the scene before the Vietnamese soldier is killed in the paragraph?

• To indicate that the narrator wanted to warn the Vietnamese soldier so that he does not die.

• To exaggerate the intense feelings that the narrator is experiencing at war.

• To help the reader to visualize the environment of the narrator.

• To symbolize the village as a dangerous war zone

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator tell his daughter about the war?

• All the killing changed him.

• He actually enjoyed it.

• He wishes he never went.

• He never killed anyone.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6